Wild Sports: Rambling and Hunting Trips Through the United States of North AmericaStackpole Books, 2004 - 409 páginas Gerstacker arrived in America from Germany in 1837, drawn by stories he had heard of the immense forests, excellent for deer hunting. He wandered from Buffalo to New Orleans, visiting frontiersmen in their backwoods cabins and living off the land, eating venison, acorns, sassafras leaves, and wild honey. He found Arkansas ideal for hunting, and encountered all sorts of wildlife, including alligators, wolves, bears, and deer, in his travels. His hunting journal gives a fascinating look at the early-nineteenth century American landscape. |
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OHIO INDIANA ILLINOIS MISSOURI | 61 |
ARKANSAS AND DOWN RIVER TO NEW ORLEANS | 83 |
CINCINNATI A FARMERS LIFE IN THE WOODS | 117 |
A FARMERS LIFE IN THE WOODS CONTINUED | 150 |
WOODLAND SPORTS CANE BRAKES MY EXAMINATION BY THE SCHOOL COMMISSION | 182 |
FARMING AT FOURCHE LE FAVE A BACKWOODS FROLIC RESIDENCE AT KELFERs FARM SCHOOLS HUNTING EXCURSION | 210 |
HUNTING ANECDOTES AND EXPERIENCES CHRISTMAS CONWELL AND HIS REMINISCENCES | 258 |
A PERILOUS BEARHUNT A DEBATING SOCIETY PANTHER HUNT DISASTROUS EVENTS DEATH OF ERSKINE DEPARTURE | 312 |
A FATAL BRAWL RETURN TO LITTLEROCK SUMMARY JUSTICE DOWN SOUTH | 350 |
LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS AND HOME | 374 |
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